Window-frame



SEBASTIAN HAAS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

WIND OW-FRLAME Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEBASTIAN HAAs, of Buffalo, in the count-y of Erie, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in XVindow-Frames; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention relates to the plan of constructing the frame and the adaptation and operation of the sash therein as hereinafter particularly set forth. The drawings show the window frames in separate parts.

Figure I is a plan of the two sash as they stand together in the frame. (A) being the cap or upper casing of the frame. Fig. II is a plan of the left-hand jamb with sash grooves and stops therein. Fig. III is a plan of the right-hand jamb, with sash grooves and stops therein.

f, and f2 and g and g2 are the grooves which conduct the sash into and out of the frame. These grooves are cut in the jambs and guide and hold the sash. There are pins or nibs projecting from the upright stiles of the sash as represented at O, O, and O', O2. These nibs are made to lit the grooves, and hold the sash in place. lhen it is required to put the upper sash into the jamb, the nibs O, O, in the left stile are dropped. into the grooves f, and g, of the left jamb and the nibs O, O2, of the right stile, pass in through the groove f2 and g2 into the grooves f and g, and the sash then drops down to the bottom and passes into the groove, 7L, then it is raised in t-he groove (7L) to its place in the upper part of the frame, and held there by a friction spring on the stile, or by spring catches (as represented at m, and n, in the bottom sash). The bottom sash is put into the frame in the same manner, and passes into the grooves L, h and takes its place directly under the upper sash, so that the upper sash will in fact set on the under sash. The cross rails of the two sash are beveled, their bevels nicely fitting together. A molding is put 19,362, dated February 16, 1858.

across the rail of the upper sash, on the outside, and across the cross rail of the under sash represented at 1') upon the inside, these are made to fit so perfectly, as to eectually shut out the wind and rain and they present the same appearance on bot-h sides.

I, represents a stop. The nibs Z and m fit snugly into the grooves f2, and g2, and serves to hold the sash in place. When it is required to take the sash out of the frames, this stop is in the first place'removed. The spring catches, n, n, are then turned back, and the lower sash raised up in the grooves (f and g) and the nibs O, O2, will pass out at thc grooves f2, and g2, and the sash is liberated from the frame. The upper sash is then dropped down to the bottom and passes up the grooves f and g, and out of the frame in the same manner.

By this arrangement of the sash and grooves in the frame, the sash may be more easily and conveniently taken out of the frame for washing and cleaning and again replaced, and when in the frame they are held there perfectly secure, and at the same time are easily and economically fitted to the frame, so as to shut out the inclemency of the weather.

It will be observed that the drawings represent the right jamb B, and left jamb C as separated from the cap A and sill D. The cap is also represented in plan. Now if these parts are supposed to be brought together in due form the frame will be complete. The lower sash stand on the sill D.

K, K, moldings or stops on the frame, on the outside against which the sash rest.

lVeights may be attached to the sash and the sash raised and lowered thereby as usual. The whole may be constructed by an ordinary mechanic skilled in the art.

Having now fully described my invention,-I claim- The arrangement of the grooves f, 2, g, g2 and i1., in the frame and the operation of the sash therein, as herein described.

SEBASTIAN HAAS.

Witnesses:

E. B. FoRBUsH, F. L. BALDWIN. 

